While the news that Bill Callahan would consider resurrecting Smog only if Obama told him he had to for the good of the country may have devastated fa...
Thirty years after singer-songwriter Judee Sill's death, 15 of her musical heirs will pay their respects in Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Ju...
"If Obama said I needed to do it to help the country, I would." -- Bill Callahan on the likelihood of recording as Smog again. (via Prefix) Photo by T...
Riding on the wings of his excellent new album Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle, Bill Callahan will tour America this summer. For a taste of the Bill...
"I'm not afraid to die lately. I don't have any kids to look after. I don't hold any great worth for humanity." -- Bill Callahan gets all Nietzsche wi...
While there were losses felt over at the Drag City label today, there were also gains, as prolific recording artist for the label, Bill Callahan, form...
Bear/Department of Eagles dude Daniel Rossen all contribute Sill covers. The album also features versions of two unheard Sill songs. Sill wrote sheet ...
his current tour, too. Click on for the live LP tracklist and gig info ... . Also below you'll find an mp3 and stream of the live version of "Bowery" ...
Bill Callahan isn't just a veteran indie singer-songwriter. He's also a veteran of the printed page. In previous years, he has published books of art ...
Hubbard Vetiver Laura Veirs Brownout The Wilders The Sadies Richard Swift Pine Leaf Boys The Builders and The Butchers Danny Barnes Sonny & The Sunset...
As if we've not had enough album announcements over the past few days, here's another one. This time it's Bill Callahan, who will release his first re...
Photo by Chris Taylor Bill Callahan, the wordsmith and indie lifer who used to record as Smog, will release his new album Apocalypse April 19 on Drag ...
MP3: Bill Callahan: "Baby's Breath" On April 19, Drag City will release Apocalypse, the new album from veteran crooner Bill Callahan (formerly Smog). ...
- Two Glass Eyes 6. Ocote Soul Sounds - El Diablo Y El Nau Nau 7. Mother Falcon - Fireflies 8. Gina Chavez - Miles De Millas 9. Betty SOO - Never Knew...
When you've released as many albums asBill Callahanhas over the years, whether they be under his own name or under the name Smog, there comes a point ...
taste from Bill Callahan's upcoming album Apocalypse. The first sound you hear is a quick uptake of breath. The next several minutes are Callahan's be...
After a recording a several albums under his own name, Bill Callahan seems to have put his old stage moniker, Smog, to rest. The lo-fi songwriter will...
and out now on Drag City. -- Ponytail's Do Whatever You Want All the Time is streaming at Spinner and out April 12 on We Are Free. -- Atmosphere's The...
-18 Amsterdam, Netherlands - De Duif * 05-19 Lille, France - Aeronef * 05-20 Paris, France - La Cafe de la Danse * 05-21 San Sebastian, Spain - Teatro...
Photo by Chris Taylor Bill Callahan's Daytrotter session that just went up on the performance blog contains absolutely nothing from his new album, Apo...
. Then we started mixing but it was like trying to walk on a greased floor. We didn't get anywhere. Or anywhere I wanted to be. I decided to have a fr...
when the average indie-rock, or whatever, listener is willingly delving into bleaker material (Goblin is a fucked up record, even if it's coming from ...
Tweet Thanks to Kickstarter, Bill Callahan's Apocalypsetour from last year has been turned into a documentary. The film, Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan T...
All good things start with a vision, and the new Bill Callahan footage coming out this spring is no exception. A tour documentary with Bill Callahan a...
The celebration of Leonard Cohen's new album Old Ideas continues in the new issue of MOJO which comes with a disc of The Songs Of Leonard Cohen covers...
John Darnielle is the most recent artist to deliver his own rendition to the series. Darnielle chose "The Smokey Life" from Cohen's 1979 Recent Songs....
Photo by Chris Taylor Last year, Drag City released Bill Callahan's album Apocalypse. They also reissued a bunch of material by country singer/songwri...
This week, Drag City released a split 7" featuring country singer/songwriter legend Mickey Newbury's 1973 track "Heaven Help the Child", backed by Bil...
It sounds like a horrifying glimpse into indie stand-up comedy: Bill Callahan made a tour documentary-- and it's showing at a silent movie theater! Bu...
happens to be growing in Wayne Coyne's leg. It will be broadcast at 5 p.m. Pacific time on November 24 and 25 on 89.9 KCRW in Los Angeles and on KCRW....
Flaming Lips, McSweeney's, and KCRW put together a sci-fi radio drama in the style of the Orson Welles radio classic War of the Worlds. It's called Wa...
McSweeney's, KCRW, and producer Richard Parks to put together the show, entitled Wayne Coynes Human Head Shaped Tumor. It's a continuous narrative in ...
the classic Orson Welles broadcast, War of the Worlds. Written by Richard Parks and Andrew Leland Foley, Wayne Coyne's Human Head-Shaped Tumor is abou...
For the first time since summer 2011, Bill Callahan is hitting the road. According to a press release, it's likely that Callahan will be debuting some...
In his first tour since summer 2011, singer-songwriter Bill Callahan (of Smog fame) will be hitting several U.S. cities early this summer, beginning w...